DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion to restore the action. A case dismissed pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27 may be restored only if the plaintiff demonstrates both a reasonable excuse for the default in failing to appear at the conference and a meritorious cause of action ( see Syed v. Fedor, 296 A.D.2d 399). Since the plaintiff demonstrated both, the motion was properly granted.
RITTER, J.P., FEUERSTEIN, McGINITY, TOWNES and COZIER, JJ., concur.